Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Amendment) (Provisional)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 18.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1915.

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.—Regulations 18b, 72, 81a, 81b, 89, 196b, 197, 197a, and 201. Amendments.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the within Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1915 should come into immediate operation and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this sixteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command.

ALBERT GARDINER.

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.

Amendments.

After Regulation 18a insert the following new Regulation:—

“18b. The Military Board may approve of the sale or writing off of condemned, unfit, damaged, or deficient stores, the original value of which does not exceed £100.

(2) The Military Board may also approve of the taking on charge of excess stores.”

Regulation 72—

Sub-paragraph (a). After the schedules of rates of pay, and before the words:—

“All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant, and provision being made by Parliament.”

insert—

“Cooks—£2 per week, rations and quarters; or, if on the married establishment, lodging allowance may be paid in lieu of room.”

This amendment shall have effect on and from the 1st day of July, 1914.

Insert new Regulation:—

Australian Survey Corps.

Consolidated Pay of Officers.

Pay and Increments of Officers.

81b. Lieutenant.—£260 to £350 per annum. Four biennial increments of £25 per annum.

Captain.—£375 to £450 per annum. Three annual increments of £25 per annum.

C.1051.—Price 3d.

(1) The payment of any increment is subject to the satisfactory performance of the officer’s duties, and is dependent upon the Minister’s approval and provision being made by Parliament.

(2) The foregoing rates shall be subject to a deduction for the value of Government quarters occupied, in accordance with Financial Regulation 102.

(3) An officer who, prior to this regulation coming into force, was in receipt of a salary higher than that now prescribed for his rank and period of service, shall continue to receive such rate, but shall not be entitled to any increment until he has completed the period of service, which, at the rates now prescribed, with qualify him to receive such increment.

81c. Pay of Warrant Officer and Non-Commissioned Officers.

Warrant Officer (Draughtsman).—£230 to £300 per annum, Increments—£10 increment annually. Subdivisional rates being £230, £240, £250, £260, £270, £280, £290, £300.

Warrant Officer (Topographer).—£230 to £285 per annum. Increments—Four annual increments of £10, and long service increment at £15 after three years’ service at £270 per annum. Subdivisional rates being £230, £240, £250, £260, £270, £285.

Company Sergeant-Major (Topographer).—£200 to £220 per annum. Increments—two annual increments of £10. Subdivisional rates being £200, £210, £220.

Sergeant (Topographer).—£186 to £196 per annum. (Consolidated) two annual increments of £5. Subdivisional rates being £186, £191, £196.

Corporal (Topographer).—£160 to £178 per annum. (Consolidated) one annual increment of £10 and one of £8.

(1) All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant and provision being made by Parliament.

(2) Warrant Officers in receipt of more than £250 per annum shall, upon promotion to commissioned rank, continue to receive the higher rate.

Uniform.—On appointment, topographers may receive an allowance of £10 for uniform, payable on production of vouchers for authorized articles.

Regulation 89 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

Pay of Armament Artificers.

“89(a) The following shall be the scale of pay (inclusive of rations and all allowances other than travelling and uniform allowances) to govern all future appointments, promotions, or increments:—

(b) If occupying quarters, a deduction of one-tenth shall be made from the pay.

(c) Increments are payable subject to provision being made by Parliament, and approval of Commandant.

(d) Warrant Officer Artificers, Armament Artificers, and Artificers’ Labourers shall receive uniform allowance at the rate of £5 per annum, and shall provide themselves with uniform as prescribed.

(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, in any case where an increment would be deferred, owing to the provisions of the regulation, beyond the date upon which it would have accrued, the increment may be granted from such date.

(f) Any member who was receiving, at the date of this regulation, less than the minimum salary of his position as provided thereunder, may be granted such minimum salary as from 1st January, 1916.”

This amendment shall come into operation on and from the 1st day of January, 1916.

Regulation 196(b) is amended by inserting the words “Survey Corps” in lieu of the words “Survey Section, Royal Australian Engineers.”

Regulation 197 is amended by inserting the words “Survey Corps” in lieu of the words “Survey Section, Royal Australian Engineers.”

Regulation 197a is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

Field Allowance to Survey Officers.

“197a. (1) Field allowance may be paid monthly in arrear to officers of the Survey Corps on production of a diary showing the number of days on which the officer has been occupied in survey work in the field or has been engaged away from his head-quarters in other corps work, except when travelling from one State to another. The allowance shall be at the rate of 10s. 5d. per day for each day so occupied, provided that the amount paid for any month does not exceed £8 6s. 8d.

(2) This allowance is to cover all expenses other than trains, steamer, or coach fares, and may be drawn during the periods of sick leave not exceeding one month in each year, and during recreation leave.

(3) When travelling on duty between the head-quarters and district head-quarters in another State, an officer will be entitled to travelling allowance under Paragraph 196. Field allowance will not be payable in respect of any day for which travelling allowance is drawn.”

Regulation 201—

Sub-paragraph (g)—

The following words:—“or within a metropolitan area” are deleted therefrom.

Add the following at end of sub-paragraph (g):—

“In the case of removals within a district where sea or rail transport is used, the allowance for packing and unpacking shall be as prescribed for Inter-State removal in Columns III. and IV. of the Schedule.”

After sub-paragraph (q) add new sub-paragraph:—

“(r) In exceptional cases where it can be shown that the amounts provided under this regulation are insufficient to cover the actual cost of removal the Commandant may recommend for the approval at the Military Board the payment of an additional amount towards such actual cost.”

The above amendments to Regulation 201 shall have effect on and from the 23rd April, 1915.

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